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Junior Editor (Remote)

Junior Editor_ Status: Full-time, 40 hours per weekLocation: Remote – Southeast Asia / preferred (Malaysia /Singapore/ Thailand/Indonesia)Start date: Immediately The Role Globe Media Asia is a regional media company based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, since 2007. After moving our flagship publication, Southeast Asia Globe, to an online-only platform in June…
By Chia Chi Hsu

Editorial

Burmese army deserters and what we know (and don’t) about Covid-19

Plus, the eccentric missionary behind Thailand’s first-ever newspaper, the high stakes of disrupted schooling in Laos and the Olympic dreams of Vietnam’s young bobsled team
By Andrew Haffner

History

The profound legacy of Thailand’s first newspaper, The Bangkok Recorder

Thailand's first newspaper The Bangkok Recorder – a little-read and short-lived publication founded by an American Christian missionary in the mid-19th century – is barely remembered today, but it left a profound mark on Thai society
By Wanpen Pajai

Opinion

‘Phnom Penh should be a city designed for humans, not cars’

Phnom Penh is at a development crossroads – not yet carved up by major expressways, but with the potential to move in that direction. Future Forum researcher Aronsakda Ses urges authorities to stop and consider a more human-focused urban plan, before it's too late
By Ses Aronsakda

History

The evolution of Phnom Penh, as seen through maps

The capital’s growth has been centuries in the making. In this compilation sourced from libraries and other digitised collections, cartographers mapped the expansion of the city from a riverside settlement to a modern metropolis
By Andrew Haffner

Cuisine

How Thailand pioneered food diplomacy across the globe

Thai restaurants are up there with Indian, Chinese and Italian as among the most common worldwide. This is no accident, with Thailand a pioneer in one of the most successful and subtle soft power cultural programmes ever implemented – culinary diplomacy
By Kiana Duncan

Editorial

Our big fundraiser has officially begun

Plus: Inside Myanmar’s art protests, the feminist view of Vietnam’s new pro-family directives, the perils of negotiating with the Tatmadaw and a very intimate view of modern Cambodian history
By Andrew Haffner

Fundraising

Southeast Asia Globe needs your help!_ The recent Covid-19 outbreak in Cambodia, where we are based, has severely impacted the country’s economy. As a result the Globe has found itself in a situation where contracts that would provide much needed revenue have been put on hold and payment…
By Dot Developers

Fundraiser

We need your support

The Globe has been among the region’s most consistent news sources for 14 years. But as the pandemic bites, our future is uncertain as we face our hardest period to date
By Southeast Asia Globe team

History

‘I did not believe Angkar’: Soc Sinan’s story of Khmer Rouge defiance

When the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, they soon instructed citizens to vacate the capital. As streams of people began leaving on foot, Soc Sinan stayed in her apartment, where she would be discovered by communist soldiers three days later
By Jim Laurie

Editorial

A region under fire

Covid-19’s more infectious variant is ripping through the Mekong countries, women fight domestic violence in Thailand’s Muslim communities and the Globe catches up with noted wartime reporter Elizabeth Becker
By Andrew Haffner

Covid-19

As virus cases explode, why has the Mekong region success story ended?

The Mekong region countries were until recently heralded as exceptional cases in controlling the spread of Covid-19. But recent weeks have seen cases explode across Cambodia, Thailand and Laos, leaving Vietnam on high alert and observers asking what's gone so wrong
By Alastair McCready, Wanpen Pajai and Govi Snell